The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-20


"round-trip tickets at the stations on the
Montpelier & Wells River railroad.
MIR. AND Mrs. c. NJ. CUsHMAN have en-
gagged to furnish music for the Henry &
Burton Theater Company during their
travels the present season.
THE Mariana Opera Company of Boston
is contemplating trip through Vermont in
May or June, and if it is decided to make
such trip Montpelier will be visited
A BUSINESS meeting of the Montpelier
Snow-shoe Club will be held this evening at
seven o'clock at the telephone Office. All
the members of the club are requested to
be present.
The womans auxiliary of Christ church
in connection with the National Woman's
Indian Association will meet with Mrs
Mary Ellis at L. ID. Taft's Thursday at two
o'clock p. NJ.
A COUNTY public examination of teachers
will be held at the courthouse in Mont
pelier on Friday and Saturday, April 90 and
80, at nine A. NJ. All interested are requested
to be present.
"SKIPPED by the Light of the Moon " will
be the attraction at Blanchard Opera-house
Tuesday evening, May Sd, and it ought to
prove strong one, for a. it's funny-very,
very, very funny"
THE marriage of Frank Winslow of Bethel
formerly with A. n. Blanchard, photo
grapher, and Henrietta youngest daughter
of George Richardson, is announced to take
place at an early day.
Mrs. E. ID. MASON, Vermont secretary of
the Baptist Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society is in attendance this week upon a
meeting of representatives of the society
from the New England and Middle States,
in session at Pittsburg, Pa.
MRS. EDWARD S. DUFFY, nee Agnes T.
Mooney of Chateaugay, n. Y, is in town on
a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Mooney. Her brother, John Mooney, Jr.,
accompanied her from Chateaugay, where
he has been on a six weeks visit.
THE Young Ladies' Missionary Society
of Bethany church is planning for an
apron sale on Friday evening of next week.
Among the attractions of an entertainment
to be given in connection with the sale will
be veritable " deestrick sl<ule."
THE hearing in the case of Chaion w.
Perry, arrested last week for the larceny of
a railroad ticket from Patrick Henry, was
continued on Wednesday and Perry was
held for appearance at the September term
of the county court, bail being fixed at 5000.
THE parents and friends of Chalon w.
Perry, who was last week arrested for the
tbaft If q railroad ticlet wara sboolxaI on
Tuesday by the receipt of telegram an
nouncing that an older brother of Chalon
had just been killed by an explosion in
mine where he was at work in the West.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt.) post-office April 16, 1887:
Mrs Mrs Kate Kate /, Foster, Charles fsy Nason,
Miss Olive f. Sanford (2), John O'Clair.
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised " and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
WHILE coming down East State street,
Monday evening, Miss Annie Streeter, EN-
ployed as a servant in the family of DR.. c.
NJ. Chandler, slipped and fell in such a way
as to break the right leg just above the
ankle. She was taken to the residence of
NJ. f. Smile where her sister is employed,
and DIR. c. E. Chandler was called.
JOE PETERSON and George Miller, aged
about fifteen years, were detected in the lar
ceny of wearing apparel and a gun at the
Shepard farm, near Montpelier Junction,
Monday of last week, and for this offence and
general maliciousness were on Monday sent
by Justice Senter to the reform school at Yer
gennes for the remainder of their minority.
REV. r. p. FROST preached his farewell
sermon to large congregation at Trinity
church Sunday morning. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frost were rendered pleasant reception at
Seminary chapel Friday evening, and all
the testimonials of the past few weeks must
be convincing evidence, if they ever enter
tanned any doubts, of the high esteem in
which they are held by Montpelier people.
UNLESS the night mails are taken to the
post-office at an earlier hour than they were
on Tuesday morning complaint will be
made to the division superintendent of the
railway mail service. 1t was not the first
occasion for fault-findng in this regard and
1t " will not bear repeating" The clerks in
the post-otfice should insist that these mails
be brought to them at such an hour as to
leave ample time for their distribution be-
fore seven o'clock, the proper hour for open
ing the delivery.
NJ HAS bttH cdlltu ny tIlt udlllllS
in response to the petition handed them
last week, but in ordering the electric lights
Tor May they have made a slight increase
from previous orders in the number of
nights when lights shall be furnished and
have also directed that they be burned on
additional nights, I" if stormy" So far, so
good; and better yet if they would add,
"and always burn them for thirty minutes
after the close of any public entertainment
in this village" They should have been
burning at the close of the concert Thurs
day evening. A break in the Main street
circuit accounts for the absence of arc lights
east of Worcester branch last evening.
THE meetings to be held in Montpelier by
Rev. George f. Pentecost, DID,, will begin
on the first Sunday in May. All who are
willing to contribute to the success and en-
! joyment of these meetings by becoming
members of large chorus choir, which is TO
lead the congregational singing, are re-
quested to attend preliminary rehearsal
to be held at Bethany chapel Monday even
ing of next week at seven o'clock. The in
vitation is extended to everybody and
should meet with general response 1t is
not essential that the choir be composed of
accomplished musicians, though the pres
ence of any such will be highly appreciated,
but those who consider themselves only
ordinary singers are urgently invited to
join the chorus.